The effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on refractory neuropathic pain in spinal cord injury

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 397-400

  Yílmaz, Bilge ^a   Kesikburun, Serdar ^a   Yaşar, Evren ^a   Tan, Arif Kenan ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Pain; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERROR; ADULT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

PAIN; REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84907252475     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: 20457723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2045772313Y.0000000172     Document Type: Article

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